Washington Hospital in Freemont, Calif., adding three-story, 223,000 s.f. facility
By Connie M. McCaffrey
The $339 million, three-story, 223,000 square foot Morris Hyman Critical Care Pavilion at Washington Hospital in Freemont, Calif., is the second phase of a three-phase master plan that is also slated to add a new inpatient tower by 2030. (Rendering courtesy of Washington Hospital Healthcare System)
With 150 beds, a sparkling new hospital opened in the small Bay Area community of Freemont, Calif., in 1958 to serve a local population of about 18,000 people.
Nearly a half century later, the 341-bed Washington Hospital serves an area just north of San Jose that is home to about 350,000 people, with the city of Freemont itself now being home to roughly 225,000 residents of its own. With the area continuing to grow, the hospital’s over-crowded emergency room (ER) sees about 50,000 patients annually.
To keep up with demand and to adhere to California’s seismic safety standards, which requires all hospital facilities to be able to withstand significant earthquakes, Washington Hospital is moving forward with
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